Background
Daly was born in San Francisco, California and attended Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on May 9, 1987.
Daly was born in San Francisco, California and attended Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on May 9, 1987.
He was appointed to this position on March 12, 2015 and was installed on May 20. Previously, he was the first Auxiliary Bishop of San José in California, United States of America. Later, he served as part-time chaplain to the San Francisco Police Department while concurrently posted as curate at Saint Cecilia"s Church. After these assignments, he became involved in the archdiocesan vocations office.
Serving concurrently as Director of Vocations and president of Marin Catholic High School.
Daly was named auxiliary bishop of San Jose and titular bishop of Tabalta by Pope Benedict XVI on March 16, 2011. He attended his first diocesan event at the Mass in Celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Diocese of San Jose, and was consecrated bishop on May 25, 2011 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph by Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath of San José, with Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer of San Francisco and Bishop George Leo Thomas of Helena co-consecrating in the presence of Roger Cardinal Mahony.
On September 16, 2013, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, who is also the President and Chancellor of Saint Patrick"s Seminary, named Bishop Daly as the interim President/Rector of the seminary. Bishop Daly, who is also on the seminary"s board of directors, served as rector until the Sulpicians nominated a new rector/president, Father Gladstone Stevens, PSS, who became rector at the beginning of the new academic year in the Fall of 2014.
This is the first time in the history of the seminary that the rector has not been a member of the Society of Saint Sulpice.